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(Boston  Post,  Friday  Mornittf^,  June  12,  i8'p4.) 


OTTAWA  AND  ATLANTIC  RAILWAY 


The    New    Line    Explained    at   the   Herchants* 
Exchange  by  W.  R.  Hibbard,  Esq. 


Speech  by  Edward  Atkinson,  B^q.    Rerriarks  by  JAesivs.  C.  C.  Coffin, 

Henry  Mayo,  N.  C.  Nash,  Harrisori  Staples,  Charles  W.  Wilder, 

Edward  Crane,  John  11.  Bartiett  and  Charles  LejcK^,  Esq.  - 

Appointment  of  a   Committee    Complimentary,    Etc. 


•r..>. 


[kki'dkikh  loR   riiK  iiosios  rosr.] 

A  nuL'tinj;  of  tin"  imTchanls  ami  cilizuns  of  Hoston  was  lii-liI  ycsU'iilay  afternoon 
in  Corn  lAcliangc  Hall  fur  the  cunsiiUratinii  ol  the  merits  of  ihe  iiroposeil  Ottawa  an<l 
Adanlic  Railway,  by  which  it  is  proposed  to  create  a  line  uf  railvNay  from  Itostori  to 
Lai<e  Superior  liy  way  of  Ottawa  anil  (  ieorj^ian  Hay.  Several  maps  showinij  the  pro- 
posed route  were  mounteil  upon  temporary  frames,  ami  every  poss-'ik  facility  was 
given  to  show  the  feasibility  of  the  line  and  its  comparative  advantaj;es.  1  he  meeiinn 
was  called  to  order  by  J.  !?.  liariiett,  l'".s(|.,  who  was  chosen  to  preside,  and  immed- 
iately presented  W.  K.  Ilibbard,  Ks(|.,  represeniinn  the  proposed  road,  to  make  a 
statement  of  (acts  prelinunaiy  to  general  discussion,      {•"ollowiny  is 

Mr.  Hibbard's  Address. 

ilRMiKMFN  The  <|uestion  of  the  day,  absorbing  attention  on  all  hands,  from 
the  tjrain  iirodiieinj;  lej^i.ins  ot  the  f,ir  West  to  ihe  hK.d  c<'n^umin^;  Mast,  and  even 
across  the  broad  .Stlanlii-,  where  hiin^rv  millions  watch  vsilh  aii\icius  ga/e  the  price  of 
bread,  is,  cheap  lran>porlali'in.  (  >iie  projio^al  lojiows  anotlier,  telling  lome  new 
method  of  annihilating;  distance,  niodifyinj;  the  laws  of  grnvilation,  inaugurating  the 
millennial  period  of  cheap  food,  and  )et  in  this  day  of  triumphant  progress,  wheat  is 
worth  lull  thirty  cents  less  pi-r  bushel  on  hake  Slichigan  ih.ui  it  is  in  this  good  city 
uf  {{oston  during  tlu'  winter  monlhs,  while  railroad  manageis  ( omplain  of  rates  insuf- 
ticieiit  to  pay  oiclin;ir\  ili\  idciid-.  I>  imie  no  u-medy  ^  Mercl>.inis  .ipply  in  v.un  tor 
reduced  riites  that  ilie\  m.iy  cumpi  ic  w  illi  ii\al  rilies  ;  shippeis  divide  ifieii  commis- 
sions and  profits,  tin nb)  hoping  to  retain  All.uiiii'  eonmctuins  ;  railway  c'llici.ds  cciii- 
suit  how  lliey  nay  n  vise  tliiii  t. trills  -.o  as  to  meet  the  views  of  their  patrons;  but  all 
is  of  no  avail,  for  <liv|ance  is  still  measured  as  of  old,  and  water  persists  in  refusing  to 
runup  hill.  Millions  aie  spent  in  pmetraling  the  solid  lloosac  .Mountain  in  order 
that  tile  West  may  shake  haiuls  with  the  I'.ast  through  the  daik  tvmnel,  while  all  over- 
look tire  lact  lhi>t  foui  millions  of  ('ana<lian  younger  brothers  are  atixious  to  grasp  their 


New  Kngland  seniors  with  both  hands  in  broad  daylifjht.  Had  the  paths  presented 
by  nature  l)een  more  closely  studied  and  capital  been  more  wisely  expended,  instead 
of  Cf)mpeting  lines  of  circuitous  rail  we  should  have  enjoyed  ere  this  the  advantajje  of 
the  shortest  lines  and  ea>ii.-st  j^rades,  conimandinj;  thereby  the  course  of  ^rain  accumu- 
lations, rather  than  allowing  an  established  course  of  trade  to  control  the  rail.  A 
glance  at  the  map  will  demonstrate  the  simple  (;ic(  that  the  grain  regions  of  Lake 
Superior  and  the  far  West  are  fully  one  hundred  miles  nearer  to  (Georgian  Bay  than  to 
Milwaukee  an<l  nearly  two  hundred  miles  nearer  than  they  are  to  Chicago.  Passing 
from  Lake  Superior  by  the  Sault  Ste.  Marie  Canal,  grain  laden  vessels  bound  to  Mil- 
waukee or  Chicigo  make  further  away  fii)m  the  Atlantic,  whereas  (ieorgian  Hay  is  on 
the  direct  line,  and  distant  from  that  canal  about  one  hundred  and  tifty  miles.  From 
this  geographical  fact  we  are  justitied  in  claiming  the  harbors  of  Ceorgian  Bay  as  the 
pioper  grain  tiepots  for  the  Atlantic.  Comparing  distances  from  competing  points  we 
tin«l  the  advantage  beyon«l  disinite.     It  is: 

From  Chicago  to  Portland  via  Grand  Trunk •  '39  niiles. 

From  Chicago  to  Boston  via  (Irand  I'runk  and  Central  Vermont   1 176     " 

From  Chicago  to  Boston  w'ia  Albany 1035     " 

From  Milwaukee  to  New  \'ork 1063     " 

From  Chicago  to  Boston  via  Iloosac  Tunnel 978     " 

From  lieorgian  Bay  to  Boston 714     " 

giving  (ieorgian  Bay  and  Boston  an  advantage  of  264  miles  over  Chicago  and  New 
\''.irk  and  349  miles  ovr  Milwaukee  and  New  York,  while  no  less  th^n  321  miles 
nearer  than  Chicago  and  llosloii  via  Albany.  Therefore,  if  thirty  cehi.-)  per  bushel, 
the  rale  on  grain  from  Chicago  to  Boston  paid  during  the  past  six  months,  has  satisfied 
and  v\ill  continue  to  satisfy  railway  managers,  then  twenty-three  cents  will  at  the  same 
rate  pet  mile  cover  the  transi)cirt  from  (Ieorgian  Bay,  and  prove  equally  satisfactory. 
Favored  i)y  naiuie  with  one  of  ihe  iiest,  if  not  the  best,  port  on  the  Atlantic  coast, 
Boston  covets  a  fair  proportion  of  foreign  traile,  but  it  comes  not  at  the  touch  of  magic 
wand.  Boston  ha.  no  mighty  Hudson  gravitating  its  thousands  of  tons  daily  to  her 
wharves.  What  she  lacks  naturally  must  be  gained  by  artificial  means,  even  by  multi- 
plying her  lines  of  (loui)le  tracks  till  their  tonnage  equals  the  flotillas  of  North  river. 
Inuring  these  years  of  activity  on  the  |)art  of  New  York  railway  kings,  how  many 
through  lines  to  the  West  has  Bostt)n  dreamed  about  and  failed  to  get  ?  Has  she  no 
desire  for  them  .•'  Has  she  no  means  to  attain  them  ?  The  answer  is  apparent  to  all  ; 
she  has  allowed  others  to  take  the  lead  instead  of  getting  ihe  first  start  herself.  But 
there  is  yet  hope  ;  the  laws  of  nature  are  not  modified  to  suit  the  grasping  Empire 
Slate,  and  Boston  may,  if  she  will,  now  begin  to  build  up  a  western  trade  which  in  a 
few  short  years  shall  astonish  herself.  The  first  link  in  this  chain  of  conmierce  is  now 
being  forged  by  the  Dominion  (lovernment  by  her  canals  and  railways.  From  Georgian 
Bay  to  Lake  Nipissing,  seventy  miles,  they  construct  the  first  section  of  the  Canada 
Pacific  without  delay.  I'lastward  to  Kenfrew,  154  miles,  they  subsidize  liberally  a 
chattered  company  ami  the  work  must  go  on  shortly.  Renfrew  to  Ottawa  is  already 
built,  70  miles  ;  (Ottawa  to  the  St.  Lawrence  is  nearly  half  ready  for  the  rails,  and  now 
if  Boston  chooses  to  control  the  key  to  the  line  seaward  the  offer  is  made  and  can  he 
secured  with  less  than  half  a  million.  From  the  St.  Lawrence  to  junction  with  the 
Central  N'ermont,  60  miles,  will  give  a  double  line  to  Boston,  bringing  your  port  261 
miles  nearer  to  Georgian  Bay  than  Chicago  will  be  by  the  new  Hoosac  Tunnel  route 
when  perfected.  At  Georgian  Bay,  the  Dominion  Government  provide  docks  and 
wharves  which  may  exlei-.d  f  )r  nearly  two  miles  on  both  sides  of  French  river.  Here 
Boston  should  have  her  grain  deiiots,  stretching  along  the  banks,  constructed  especially 
with  the  view  of  temporary  st<!r  ige  and  loading  into  cars.  Instead  of  expensive  build- 
ings and  machinery,  che.ip  st.  ctures,  with  floating  elevators,  should  be  availed,  in 
oriler  to  perform  Ihe  service  at  lowest  paying  rates,  and  with  least  detention  to  lake 
craft.  Creating  your  own  dcjiots  at  this  point,  you  have  no  {juarrel  with  New  York 
interests  over  the  accomniodations  at  Chicago,  but  secure  and  control  a  foreign  trade 
of  your  own.  Many  will  tell  us  this  vision  is  too  far  distant  and  may  not  be  realized. 
True,  very  true,  if  you  wait  for  one  another,  but  to-day  you  can  grasp  the  /■«;_)' and  then 
consider  the  next  ste]  .  Meantime  we  have  business  enough  to  occupy  us  fully  now 
begging  our  attention  at  Ottawa  city— the  centre  of  the  Canada  lutnber  trade.    At  thii 


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|»>inl  are  localcfl  extensive  saw  mills,  ciittin(»  nearly  300,000,000  feet  of  iiine  annually. 
Of  this  (juantily  fully  200,000,000  tind  a  markel  in  New  Kiijjhiiul  ai...  All>any  each 
year,  aiul  the  trade  is  in  its  infancy  still,  (.lazinj;  fmni  the  windows  of  the  Senate 
Chand)cr  oveilookinj^  the  Chaudieri  llais  on  tin.'  tir^t  of  May  last,  before  the  sounil  of 
saw  haii  hemin  to  reverliernie  through  the  valKy,  ynu  woidd  take  in  at  a  ylance  aiioul 
90,000.000  feci  of  luiiiKer,  all  of  which  reniaineil  over  at  ihe  close  of  navigation  last 
fall.  Some  ide.i  may  i)e  formed  of  this  vast  trade  from  the  sialement  that  it  would 
re(iuire  a  train  of  thiriy  cars  daily  f'r  a  working  year  to  move.  Sirelcliinj;  away  to  the 
west,  the  Upper  Ottawa  country  hn^  untold  Niieams  and  lakes,  fuinishin|4  avenues  for 
(loatitij;  Iof;s  down  ;o  the  inills.  The  wealth  of  tindnT  in  this  vast  section  is  incon- 
ceivable. Millions  of  trees,  not  worth  twenty-live  cents  where  they  stand,  would  l)e 
worth  $100  at  your  docks.  These  invite  thi- stront;  arm  of  the  axe-man,  the  energy 
and  capital  of  the  lumKer  manufacturvT.  while  their  labor  offers  inducements  to  your 
railways  lu  make  close  connections  in  order  to  bring  this  coveted  wealth  to  your  mar- 
ket. From  assurances  given  by  your  own  leading  luml>er  dealers  we  tind  that  this  line 
of  rail  would  insure  the  .ndvcnt  to  y.iur  sshirvc;s  of  100  vessel.-,  of  1,000  tons  each  with 
their  in'-  to  cargoes,  which  now  seek  ano.'her  port.  Fro;ii  p  'rsonal  knowledge  it  may 
be  state;  that  81  cargoes  of  ("anada  luaiber  were  despatched  last  year  to  the  river 
La  Plata,  and  all  sent  off  within  a  |)eri(jd  ol  live  months.  Hoston,  claiming  this  e\i)ort 
trade,  can  keep  it  up  for  twelve  months  inste,»d  of  rtve.  Mineral  wealth  also  al>ounds, 
the  rich  iron  ores  of  Hull,  only  eight  miles  from  (Jttawa,  the  marble  n(  .Arnprior  and 
I'ortage  du  Kort,  the  phnnbngo  of  Buckingham,  also  claim  attention,  ami  even  now 
there  are  many  millions  ol  New  I'",ngland  capital  emjiloyed  in  the  development  of  this 
new  region.  W'e  have  not  come  here  t  1  ajipeal  to  your  benevolent  .iiotives,  but  to 
ofler  you  an  honest  share  of  an  honest  and  sound  busmess  transaction  ujion  a  satisfac- 
tory basis.  .Mready  nearly  half  the  work  is  done,  ready  fur  ihe  rails,  from  Ottawa  to 
the  .St.  Lawrence,  and,  if  you  say  so,  we  sto|)  there,  but  if  you  are  awake  to  your  own 
vital  interests,  and  are  ready  to  supply  $300,000  without  further  risk,  we  propose  to 
make  the  connection  this  siiie  of  the  r'ver,  divide  the  jiroperty  with  you,  and  put  the 
control  in  honest  Boston  hands.  W'e  .re  told  by  bankers  that  nothing  can  be  done  for 
two  years  in  railway  construction.  Railway  men  talk  of  being  loaded  down  and  of  sad 
K)sses  wilhif.  the  past  fi'w  Uiontlis,  clelerring  from  all  new  enterprises.  True,  gentle- 
men, in  measure  tpiite  true  ;  but  i-  this  a  reason  why  nothing  shall  be  done  ai>d  the 
ojijiortunity  be  lost  ?  Did  the  terrilil  liie  which  devastateii  your  business  centre  pre- 
clude all  elTort  to  rebuild  ;  Because  Mil!  river  dam  gave  way,  destroying  propert)  and 
lives,  shall  the  hum  of  the  spindle  be  In  aid  no  more  along  those  valleys  ?  Such  is  not 
my  ojiinion  of  New  I'ligland  courag.',  and  I  expect  to  see  you  avail  yourelves  of  this 
route  to  strengthen  your  comn.erce,  while  not  neglecting  those  at  your  own  doors.  Our 
own  Government  and  people  along  the  line  give  full  $500,000  to  aid  this  enterprise,  with 
the  sole  condition  that  it  be  speedily  accomplished,  ond  we  need  but  your  he. ping  hand 
to  put  it  through.  We  would  slnMigthen  by  commercial  ties,  the  happy  relations  be- 
tween these  two  countries,  making  the  bond  so  strong  that  nothing  shall  sever  it.  Our 
objects  are  mutual  benelil  ;  our  intirests  are  iilentical,  anil  it  only  re(|uires  that  our 
enler|)rises  be  based  upon  sound  judgment,  carried  out  with  integrity,  in  order  that 
ihey  shall  culminate  in  success. 

Mr.  I'.dward  ,\tkinson  then  addressed  the  Chairman,  took  the  lloor  and  made  the 
following  remarks : — 

Speech  of  Edward  Atkinson,  Esq. 

I  regret  that  the  small  attendance  here  today  indicates  such  a  real  apathy  in  Bos- 
ton, under  a  great  appaietit  interest  in  the  transportation  (|uestion  ;  however,  let  me 
say,  when  Mr.  Ilibbaid  was  l.i-.t  introduceil  to  me  and  asked  my  attention  to  the  line 
of  railroad  whicii  he  has  pre  '  iiled  to  you,  I  also  trie<l  to  avoid  giving  it  any  atteiiuon, 
feeling  bolheied  with  man)  m  lur  matters  ;  but  he  hail  not  spoki'ii  many  miinites  be- 
fore I  realized  its  vast  impoi; nice  to  Boston.  I  therefore  asked  hitn  to  give  me  all 
the  papers  and  majis  and  let  me  take  them  home  to  examine  them  carefully.  I  have 
since  been  entice<l  into  gi\  ing  him  several  hours  and  ha\e  askeil  .ill  the  (piestions  that 
my  very  limited  knowledge  of  railro.id  and  transportation  matters  have  ma<le  me  com- 
petent to  ask.  I  have  .ilso  satisfied  myself,  by  itujuiry,  thai  Mr.  liibb.ird  is  to  be 
depended  upon  as  to  statements  of  fact  ;  as  to  his  plans  and  methods  you   muot  judge 


fi)r  yourselves.  The  result  of  my  investigations  has  convinced  ine  fulty  tha'  the  rail- 
road connection  which  he  asks  you  to  an!  him  in  accomplishing  is  of  far  greater  im- 
portance at  this  time,  and,  in  all  |)rol)ol)ililv,  for  all  time,  than  the  con>i)leti(jn  of  (he 
IliMjsac  Tunnel.  I  make  this  st.i.tement  delilierately  and  for  several  reasons,  and  as  I 
do  not  mean  to  hazard  opinions  without  evidence,  I  will  ^;ive  you  my  view  of  the 
matter  in  a  very  (ew  words.  I  do  not  say  this  lo  ciii-ie  delay  on  the  Tunnel  ([uestion; 
on  the  cr)ntrary,  I  think  it  of  the  utuiost  importanei,'  th.it  it  sh(juld  he  speedily  settled, 
l)ui  I  very  much  fear  the  recent  action  outside  the  lA^i^Luure  may  cause  delay. 

1.  This  line  which  Mr.  Ilil)l)aril  presents  will  make  the  most  direct  and  shortest 
route  to  the  wnterway  that  penetrates  the  yre.il  ^jrain  region  of  this  C('niinent,  the 
St.  Lawrence  river,  which  it  sirikes  at  a  point  to  which  the  navigation  of  the  lower 
lakes  can  l)e  most  easily  directed  and  where  transshipment  to  cars  c.in  l)e  most  easily 
made  al>ove  the  rapids,  only  thirty-four  miles  Irom  Ho>ton  and  nearer  than  Oswego. 

2.  From  that  point  it  connt-cls  in  a  very  direct  line,  through  ( )ttawa  with  the 
great  ujiper  lake^i,  and  I  believe  at  the  nearest  jioint  at  which  the  water-borne  produce 
of  ihe  upper  lakes  can  Ix.'  reached  by  any  line  whatever. 

In  order  lo  establish  the  grain  export  of  Boston  upon  a  fair  foundation,  .several 
things  are  needlul,  and  I  will  name  them  in  the  order  of  their  importance  : 

1.  That  merchants  shall  learn  that  the  State  cannot  help  I  hose  who  cannot  help 
themselves. 

2.  That  every  oitportunity  to  strike  the  great  waterways  of  this  continent  at  the 
points  most  distant  from  other  cities,  especially  New  N'nrk,  and  nearest  to  Hoslim 
shall  be  seized  without  hesitation. 

3.  Thai  ilie  termini  for  Western  tratlie  shall  be  fixed  ai  the  most  convenient 
points,  both  on  the  north  and  south  side  of  the  city  upon  deep-wat-."r,  and  that  con- 
nection shall  be  made  whereby  cars  Irom  any  route  can  be  easily  directed  either  lo 
Kast  or  South  Hoston  or  to  the  Mystic  Mats. 

4.  That  noihing  i)Ut  a  very  great  shortening  of  the  distance  of  necessary  carriage 
of  grain  by  rail  can  enable  any  route  to  compete  with  the  line  to  Chicago  by  way  of 
the  Hoston  and  .Mbany  Kailroad  and  the  New  N'ork  Central  Kailroad  and  its  other 
Ci>iinect!)ns,  I;  r  the  reason  that  giain  is  now  brought  upon  thai  route  at  '.hrough  rates 
per  iule  which  it  is  hopeless  for  any  line  of  nearly  ecpial  length  to  espial  for  a  long 
period. 

Upon  the  first  point  I  shall  only  express  my  regret  that  a  majority  ofacommiltee, 
nppoinled  at  a  recent  meeting,  shouM  have  again  eommitt'.'d  lliemselves  lo  the  delusion 
ol  Sii'.te  management  wiilioui,  as  yet,  having  appeared  to  have  given  much  attention 
to  the  lads  in  ihe  case,  or  any  explanation  why  it  is  that  three  or  four  active,  ener- 
getic ard  sagacious  potk  [lackers  have  succeedeil  in  establishing  a  very  large  bu-iness, 
lioth  doi.iesiic  and  foreign,  by  using  existing  railroad  facilitic;;,  imperfect  as  they  are, 
while  the  grain  ilenlers  have  been  unal)le  to  establish  any  large  grain  business  until  the 
Hoston  an('  .Albany  Kailroad  ("oinpany,  in  order  to  use  the  elevator  which  they  had 
built,  liut  fi  und  apparently  not  to  be  wanted,  set  the  example  to  the  merchants  by 
enit  ring  int>>  an  arrangement  with  the  steamship  company  to  buy  and  ship  large 
fpi.inlilies  of  |.-rain  on  joint  aceoiini  ;  a  business  not  exactly  lilted  for  a  railway  cor- 
poration lo  undeitake,  liut  which  in  '.his  case  the  Hoston  and  .Mbany  was  forced  inio, 
because  there  d-d  not  seem  lo  be  business  enterprise  enough  in  this  tlepartment  to  es- 
tablish the  expoit  trade  in  grain  at  this  point  in  any  other  way.  Upon  the  second 
point  permit  mt  io  say  that  iKe  great  St.  Lawrence  waterway  is  the  natural  route  for 
the  transportation  of  gr.iin  from  that  part  of  the  continent,  which  climate,  soil  and 
other  conditions  have  made  |ironiinent  wheat-growing  regions;  to  wit  ;  .\  large  portion 
of  Canada  proper,  the  Ued  River  counlry  of  the  north,  the  line  of  the  Northern  I'acilic 
Kailroad,  and,  aliovi  all  in  the  United  States,  the  State  of  Minnesota.  The  more 
southern  wheal  secliins  in  our  own  land  are  available  for  many  oiher  crops,  especially 
corn,  und  are  iieing  raiiidly  exhausted  so  far  as  wheat  is  concerned,  and  moreover,  can 
be  reached  from  New  N'oik,  Thiladelpliia  and  Hallimore  as,  or  more,  easily  and 
cheapl)  than  from  Boston.  Mr.  Ilibbard's  lint  taps  the  whole  section,  the  natural 
nnd  |)ermaneiit  home  of  wheat  atui  b.irley,  and  the  great  limber  region  of  the  contin- 
ent, by  a  line  from  Hosior'  shorter  ,\nd  lietter  than  any  liiu-  frnm  any  other  city  to  a 
wheat  growing  land,  unle^>  it  be  Irom  Portland.  It  seems  to  me  that  if  I'.iston  mer- 
clianls  fail  to  investigate  ihi.s  plan,  and,  if  Mi.  Ilibbard's  slulemenls  prove  lu  be  well 


grounded,  to  secure  it  by  furnishing  thi'  almost  paltry  sum  demanded  it  will  prove  that 
no  large  grain  business  can  Ik;  established  at  this  port  uniil  a  new  set  of  men  shall  have 
undertaken  it.  Upon  the  third  point,  let  nu*  say  that  even  now  grain  has  not  ceased 
to  come  here  from  or  through  Canada  and  over  the  northern  route  liecause  it  costs 
too  much  to  transport  it,  but  becau.-e  it  costs  too  much  to  dep<irt  it.  Mr.  Lincoln 
will  l>e  my  witness  that  not  even  the  vexatious  Custom  House  obstacles  could  have 
slopped  the  work  so  bravely  liegun  by  his  (irm  h:\(l  it  not  been  for  the  excessive  diffi- 
culties and  cost  of  handling  and  shipping  grain  in  Hoston.  The  Xorihern  line  has  no 
elevator,  and  has  not  the  nioney  to  build  one,  and  no  offer  has  been  njade  to  furni.sh 
the  money,  either  on  lM)r.ds  or  stock,  that  I  h.ive  heard  of.  IVrh.ips  it  is  intended  to 
wait  until  the  Sl.nte  Railroad  has  lieen  completed,  and  then  it  will  Ik;  projxiseil  to  have 
the  .'^tate  build  all  the  docks  and  elevatois  needed  to  facilitate  the  export  of  grain.  It 
might  sound  ironical  if  I  shoidd  iinpiire  huw  any  of  these  operations  woultl  furnish 
cheaji  bread  to  the  people  of  Massachusetts.  I  am  doing  something  myself  of  a  piac- 
lical  kind  toward  the  simplifying  of  tlie  terminal  <p:estion  by  promoting  the  organization 
of  the  junction  railroad  to  carry  all  the  Western  and  \orthwe-.lerii  traffic  to  the  State 
land  at  South  Boston,  which  I  hope  to  accomplish  without  any  State  aiil,  e;  xpt  thai 
co-opeiation  which  it  may  be  lit  for  the  State  lo  give,  as  stockholder  in  the  Iiinnel,  the 
Harltord  and  lirie  Railroad  and  as  owner>  of  the  tials.  I  do  not  take  exception  to  the 
grant  of  .State  creilil  to  a  strong  corporation  froni  which  it  may  take  ample  security, 
but  only  to  the  absunl  attempt  to  put  the  State  into  the  business  of  transportation  and 
into  competition  with  the  most  powerfully  org.ini/ed  company,  who  now  do  the  work 
at  excessively  low  rates.  This  leads  directly  to  the  fourth  point  that  I  have  stated  — 
the  absolute  need  of  a  short  line  to  the  great  waterway,  like  that  proposed  by  Mr. 
Ilibbard,  if  any  eflective  competition  with  (he  Hoston  and  .Mliany  line  to  Chicago  is 
to  be  expected.  Mr.  Ilibbanl's  route  by  rail  is  714  miles,  the  direct  line  by  the  Hos- 
ton and  .Mbany  Railroad  is  1033  miles;  over  this  latter  line  the  Hoston  and  .\lbany 
and  its  connecting  roads  are  now  trans|)oiting  grain  at  Ij'o'o  cents  per  ton  per  mile,  a 
rate  very  much  lower  than  the  actual  charge  for  the  lowest  class  of  merchandise  uj)on 
the  Belgian  .State  Railways,  so  often  cite<l  as  models  .of  cheapness.  Let  me  say,  by 
the  way,  that  as  the  Belgian  (iovernment  does  not  own  all  the  railways  it  has  been 
obliged  to  pas>  laws  compelling  the  private  corporations  to  maintain  higher  rates  than 
are  needed,  in  order  that  the  cumbrous  and  co>tly  I^late  metho(l  of  management  might 
pay  charges  an<l  interest.  The  need  of  a  -hori  line  to  compete  with  the  Boston  and 
Alliany  and  New  \'ork  Central  is  further  indicated  by  the  fact  that  the  general  railway 
service  of  these  road-s  is  now  jierformeil  at  a  lower  aM  to  the  |niblic  than  that  of  atiy 
other  railway  in  this  section  of  the  country.  This  cheapness  they  are  enable<l  to  com- 
])ass  by  their  enormous  cai)ilal,  ertective  method  and  ample  efpiipment.  In  proof  of 
the  very  grave  dirtirulty  in  this  competition,  except  on  a  much  shorter  line,  let  me 
state  a  few  facts.  In  the  lollowing  years,  the  tontiage  of  the  Worce>ter  and  Western 
Railroads  was  ei|unl  to  Ions  carried  one  mile:  1S55,  47,6o<S,()S4,  at  3i,V;',,-,  cents  per 
ton  per  mile  ;  |8(X),  57,930,214,  at  2,",-,"f,",T  cents  per  ton  |)er  mile;  iS(j5  (very  much 
depreciated  currencyl,  70,240,166,  at  3i'V,-,"o  centsper  tonpermile;  1870  (ten  months), 
I4S,89I,40I,  at  2,'nVn  cents  jier  ton  per  mile  :  1873,  317,670,752,  at  I  iV,",)  <"C'nts  per 
tons  per  mile.  This  great  reiluclion  has  been  accom|)lished  in  spite  of  the  fact  that 
the  cost  of  operating  a  railway  is  now  vastly  higher  than  it  was  in  1855.  This  general 
rate  ol  charge  for  transportation  is  considerably  less  than  the  averagi'  rate  on  the  Bel- 
gian roads  it)  l8«)7,  even  omitting  the  extra  charge  there  made  for  loading  and 
uidoading.  .\s  compared  with  five  of  the  olhei  most  prominent  railroads  in  Slassa- 
chusetts,  the  average  charge  for  freight  o;i  the  Hoston  and  .Mliany  Railroad  is  less 
than  one-half.  Now,  I  iloubt  if  even  the  most  able  State  managers  can  operate  the 
Tunnel  line  for  some  linn'  to  come  in  such  a  manner  as  to  ovcrt'ome  the  excessive 
cheapness  as  compare<l  to  other  roads  of  the  Boston  and  ,\lbany  line,  especially  on  the 
through  busirx.'ss  to  the  West  which  is  «lone  at  cost,  or  les^,  because  ol  the  inciilental 
l)enelit  accruing  from  cheap  bread  which  it  distributes  at  all  its  way  stations.  It 
must  be  evident  at  once  from  a  consideration  of  these  figures,  that  the  oidy  com- 
pletely effective  competition  with  the  direct  lines  to  Chieag'i  niu^t  be  liy  s'lorler  lines, 
on  which  even  at  somewhat  higher  rate^  liie  cost  would  be  less.  Hence  ilic  immense 
importance  of  the  line  i)re.-cnticl  by  Mr.  Ilibbard.  It  strikes  the  water  line  ol  the 
St.  I.awri'uce  far  away  from  the  competition  of  New  \'orU,  and  it  strikes  ( ieorgian 
Bay  and  the  water  carriage  of  the  great  lakes  only  714  miles  distant,  while  (  hicago  is 


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975  niUes.  This  line  to  the  Si.  Lawrence,  it  is  said,  you  can  open  even  liefore  the 
Tunnel  itself  can  lie  completed  by  lurnishint}  only  $300,000.  If  such  should  prove  to 
lie  the  fact,  the  test  will  be  applied  U<  Hostnn.  Can  her  merchants  help  themselves? 
Next,  can  you  promote  thejunctinn  with  South  Huston?  Can  you  handle  this  mer- 
chandise which  may  cnme  by  several  ways  from  the  north  end  of  Lake  Cham|ilain, 
and  may  be  most  likely  to  come  over  thi'  I'itchliurg  road,  can  you  take  it  to  the  Stale 
land,  and  thus,  by  (jiving  that  land  value,  pay  the  cost  of  the  Tunnel  or  even  more? 
If  you  have  the  traffic  can  you  build  elevators  and  conduct  the  business  after  it  has 
conic  to  your  door  ?  These  are  the  (piestions  that  ari'  |iresemed  to  you,  each  inter- 
locked with  the  other,  all  forming;  a  part  of  one  yreal  whole.  The  wliole  (piesiion  i>, 
(Jan  I')Oslon  merchants  rely  on  their  own  capital,  si. ,11  and  energy  in  the  friiMidly 
rivalry  with  the  si.-,ter  city  on  ("asco  Hay  <ir  at  the  mouth  of  the  Hudson  ?  "r  will  their 
effort  end  in  discussion  and  makin;^  sp'i'ches  rather  ihui  in  doii  j,'  the  w  ik  which  no 
one  else  can  do  lor  them?  It  is  not  pleasant  to  find  out  that  it  is  a  fai'l  thai  while 
Boston  {jrain  merchants  have  been  complaininjj  nf  an  unjust  discrimination  in  favor  of 
New  \'ork  and  against  them,  New  \'ork  merchants  have  been  shipping;  very  larjje 
quantities  of  wheal  to  Liverpool  via  Hosion,  subject  to  the  same  discrimination,  rather 
than  to  ship  by  way  of  New   N'ork. 

Remarks  of  Mr.  C.  C.  Coffin. 

Mr.  C.  C.  ('(jHin  said  the  (|uestion  under  discussion  was  one  that  reiaietl  not  to 
Hoston  alone,  but  10  all  New  I'lntjland.  II  people  were  to  live  east  of  the  IIud-.on 
river  it  must  be  by  conmierce  and  mamifacturint;;,  and  not  by  ajjricullure.  My  statistics 
it  could  be  shown  that  N'ermont  raises  wheat  enough  to  -.upply  the  people  ol  the  Slate 
thirty-seven  days  in  the  year ;   Maine  supplies   herself  ele\en   days;  New  i!ami)shire 


me  loriyiniro  |)araiiei  oi  laiiiuoe.      i  iie   proiuem   oi 
solved  by  the  solution  cf  the  otner   pioblem  of  cheap  transportation.      .Mr.  foflin  ex- 
plained thai  by  building;  the  proposed  bridjje  across  the   .Si.  Lawience  at   Coteau  du 
I.,ac,  near  the  ir.o  •'-     '  '    '      ^'"    '' •     -- '  •'■       '  •        ''        ""      ' 


■'•^   ■'"    ^ . ..V ^ ,    _ 

can  pass,  would  be  r.voided,  and  vessels  that  carry  3000  and  4000  tons  could  make 
three  trips  to  ti^  ,rgian  Hay  where  they  now  make  two  to  HulValu,  carrying;  at  four  and 
five  cents  per  bushel,  and  at  the  siine  lime  tht;  jjrain  would  be  as  near  to  Hoston  at 
iJeortjian  iiay  as  at  Hulf.do.  This  would  also  afilord  a  better  line  than  the  Hoston  and 
Albany,  and  would  avoid  the  e.\penditure  of  e.\tendin(j  the  Tunnel  line  to  Oswego, 
where  the  competition  with  New  N'ork  would  be  nearer  e<|ual  if  the  grade  down  the 
Hudson  were  the  sune  as  thai  over  the  mountains.  Mr.  Collin  also  referred  to 
Hurlington  and  ( )s\\ego  as  the  luiiiber  ports  of  the  great  Ottawa  valley,  and  staled 
how  by  a  coniinualion  of  etVorts  in  certain  direclions  the  f<iroign  grain  tiade  could  be 
secureil  for  Hosion,  a  good  imiiort  trade  e>lalilishe(l,  and  the  rosecojoreil  future  for 
Boston  be  realized. 

Mr.  Henry  Mayo, 

("hairman  of  the  Committee  i>n  Tran-poilation,  said  that  when  he  came  in  he  hardly 
knew  whether  the  meeting  was  <leelaring  iUelf  .igaiiisi  Stale  ownership  of  the  Tuimel 
line  or  discussing  the  merits  of  the  newCanaiban  railroad.  I  le  was  sorry  that  .Mr. 
Atkinson  hail  gone  away,  because  he  wished  to  relate  to  him  a  little  story.  .\  friend 
had  sp  iken  to  him  of  receiving  a  consignment  of  petroleum  fron^  the  |)etroleum  district 
for  a  New  N'ork  house,  which  he  disposed  of  and  reinitleil  the  price..  The  (pn'stion 
cnnic  back  from  Ni-w  \'ork,  "  Where  is  our  rebate?"  The  gentleman  was  obliged  to 
say  that  the  railroad  company  didn't  know  anything  about  it,  and  the  pap'.-rs  were  sent 


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to  New  Vork.  I'retty  soon  afier  a  note  was  received  that  the  rebate  had  been  paid. 
Mr.  Mayo  thought  tlicre  might  be  some  just  such  cat  in  the  meat  in  relation  to  the 
shipment  of  grain  from  Boston.  He  then  said  it  was  undoubtedly  a  fact  that  the  I)est 
wheat  fields  on  the  continent  were  open  to  special  advantage  to  Hoston,  and  in  order 
that  the  sutjjecl  of  this  new  line  mii{ht  be  more  fully  consideretl  than  the  Committee 
on  Transportation  had  been  able  to  consider  it,  he  moveii,  anil  it  was  unanimously 
voted,  that  Mosrs.  Ai)ncr  Kingman,  William  II.  Lincoln  ami  Daniel  S.  Jones  be  a 
special  committee  of  the  ireeting  to  investigate  the  line  of  railroad  repre.sentetl  by  .Mr. 
Hibbard  and  report  upon  the  same. 


Remarks  of  Charles  Legge,  Esq. 


Mr 


ir.  Hibbard  then  intr  )duced  Charles  Legge,  Ksq.,  who  was  engineer  for  one-half 
of  the  Victoria  bridge,  across  the  St.  Lawrence,  at  .Montreal,  and  i>  now  the  engineer 
of  this  line  and  others  built  iiy  the  government.  ,\t  the  re(|ucst  of  Hon.  K.  IL  Derby, 
Mr.  Legge  stated  that  the  X'ictoria  iiridge  was  two  miles  long,  from  shore  to  shore, 
and  that  in  iStJo  it  cost  $6,300,000.  The  proposed  bridge  across  the  mouth  of  Lake 
St.  Francis  would  be  two  miles  and  a  (juarter  from  shore  to  shore,  but  as  it  passes 
over  a  series  of  islands  the  actual  structure  \voulil  be  but  about  one  mile  long.  Built 
of  wood  it  would  cost  $1,000,000  and  of  lattice  iron  $i.5(X).ooo.  .Mr.  Hibbard  said 
that  very  recently  he  hail  received  otTer^  to  build  the  lattice  iron  bridge  for  $1,000,000. 
Mr.  Legge  said  the  country  through  v\liich  the  road  would  pass  was  very  well 
suited  to  lay  a  railroad  at  a  low  price,  and  th.il  lieside  buildiiic  seventy  miles  of  it  the 
government  would  heavily  subsidize  the  remainder  if  private  capitalists  would  com- 
plete it. 

Other  Remarks, 

Mr.  N.  C.  Nash  urged  the  necessity  of  securing  the  cheapest  possible  transporta- 
tion from  the  west  to  Boston,  setting  aside  the  Tunnel,  if  necessary,  and  sinking  a 
thousand  times  its  cost  if  there  were  no  other  way  of  securing  the  desired  end.  Mr. 
Harrison  Staples  proposed  as  a  better  way  to  tranship  grain  from  the  foot  of  Ceorgian 
Bay  at  Collingwood,  carry  it  by  rail  across  the  70  intervening  miles  to  Toronto,  and 
from  there  move  it  by  steamer  to  Oswego  and  utili/.e  the  Tunnel  line.  Mr.  IMward 
Crane  said  the  Hoosac  Tunnel  could  be  rejjresenleil  by  seven  ten- wheel  Schenectady 
locomotives  and  15  miles  in  distance.  I5eyond  that  the  line  when  completed  would 
not  be  better  than  the  Boston  and  Albany.  He  took  occasion  to  criticise  .Mr.  .Atkin- 
son's remarks,  and  said  it  was  about  lime  for  Massachusetts  to  put  her  foot  on  any  man 
who  dared  to  stand  up  and  talk  such  dund)  nonsense  as  that  gentleman  had  rehearsed. 
Mr.  ('.  \V.  Wilder  spoke  ol  the  importance  of  two  through  lines  to  the  west,  and  said 
that  although  he  had  had  his  t.irn  in  investing  in  moonshine  roads,  yet  he  was  willing 
to  contribute  his  mile  toward  the  amoiuit  necessary  to  build  this  sixty  miles  of  road. 
Mr.  Bartlett  gave  \u<  approval,  received  a  vote  of  thanks,  and  the  meeting  adjourned. 


(Boston  Post,  Tuesday  Morning,  June  1 6,  1874.) 


OTTAWA  AND  aEOUGlAX  BAY. 


Report  of  the  Committee  of  the  Corn  Exchange 

on  the   Ottawa  and  Atlantic    Railway  - 

Discussion — Mr.  Edward  Kemble's 

Defence  of  the  Grain  Traders. 


[REFUKTED    for   THK   boston    I'dST.] 

A  ineelin^  of  the  citizens  and  merclianisof  Boston  was  held  in  the  Corn  Exchange 
room,  yesterday,  to  hear  the  report  of  the  conmittce  appointed  to  examine  into  the 
afTairs  of  ihe  proposed  railway  connection  with  <")ltaw:>  and  Tieor^jian  l!.\y.  Mr.  John 
B.  Barllett  occupied  the  chair,  ami  Mr.  Charles  \V.  Wilder  offered  the  following 

Report. 

The  unilersiigned  Committee  appointed  by  the  public  mcjling  held  in  f'orn  Fx- 
change  on  Thursday,  illh  lune,  1874,  to  exaiiiiiu-  and  report  iipm  the  proposed  rail- 
way presenieil  by  Nir.  1 1 ibbiird  connecting  with  Ottawa  and  lines  to  (ieorgian  Hay, 
beg  to  leport  : 

1st.  That  we  have  examined  the  documents,  charter  and  contract  presented  by 
Mr.  Hibb.Trd  and  lind  them  well  planned  with  full  authority  for  connecting  the  line  of 
rail  through  from  \'ermont  connections  to  Ottawa. 

2nd.  That  the  line  ihii^  propused  is  one  of  great  importance  to  the  interests  of 
this  city,  and  the  small  ani'miii  recpiired  from  Boston  to  secure  its  connection  with  our 
own  roads  forbids  eillier  indilfirence  or  delay  in  its  accom|)lishment. 

3rd.  That  the  advantages  t^  be  derived  by  our  city  ami  port  from  this  connection 
with  the  Lakes  will  be  great  at  the  outset  and  beyond  present  calculations  on  comple- 
tion of  the  line. 

4th.  That  the  (inancial  residts  to  those  who  may  be  disposed  to  participate  in  its 
construction  are  promising  beyciid  the  average  of  railway  enterprises,  by  reason  of  the 
work  already  i\n\M2  and  tln'  liberal  subiidii's  nl  the  (';inadian  Ciovernmcnt  and  munici- 
palities, of  $500,(X)0  which  would  seem  to  rendtr  certain  its  early  comjijetion. 

5th.  Th.it  the  security  for  the  moneys  invented  and  the  control  of  the  key  lo  the 
entire  line  we  deem  am|ily  provided  for  Im  the  plan  proposed  for  subscripli>>iis. 

6.  That  the  estimates  oi  cost  presented  by  Charles  I.egge,  V.>i\.,  of  .Montreal,  and 
the  reports  of  \V.  S.  Snellen,  of  New  jersey,  ancl  Ivlward  .Xppleton,  Vm\.,  of  Boston, 
civil  engineers,  substantially  concur  as  to  the  cost  of  construction. 

Respectfully  submitted. 

(Signed)     CliAS.   \V.   Wii.kkr, 

W.    M.    Ll.NCOI.N, 

Uan'i.  \V.  Job. 


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A  motion  was  made  that  the  report  be  accepted,  and  it  was  seconded  hy  Mr. 
Kdward  Kcmble,  I'resident  of  the  Corn  Kxchanfje,  who  look  occasion  t<>  make  the 
following;  rejily  to  what  was  said  by  Mr.  .-Vtkin.son  at  the  previous  meeting  upon  the 
sui)ject  of  the  projiosed  railroad. 

Mr.  Kemble's  Remarks. 

Mk.  Chairman  — I   was  not  able  to  be   present  at   the  nieetin^j  at   which  this 
Committee  was  appointed,  but   my  attention   has   bci-n  c.illeil   to  some   remarks  made 
there  which  were,  in  my  judgment,  entirely  uncalled   for.      The  "apathy  '  which  was 
coiuiilained  of  ihire  on  this  cpiestion,  if  apathy  there  was,  is  doubtless  cxpliiine<I  by  the 
fact  that  tht'  public  mind   is  now  vntiiely  occupi'.-d    l>y  anoila-r  ipiestion  of  paramount 
interest,  ami  '.he  public  in  this  n-spc  I  i'  not  inclimcl    to  bclicvi-,  with  one  j^entlcman, 
that  ihi-  projicle<l  lloosac    Tunnel   line  is  to  inj  .i  failure,  and  i.s  not  therefore  tpiite  so 
ready  to  take  u|)  a  new  one.      I   linve  myself  expressed    my  interest    in   this   matter  t)f 
Mr.  ilibbard%,  to  ih.U  j^entkinan  personally  ;  but  I  have  said  to  him,  also,  as  Missa- 
chusselts  is  novk  so  alisorbed   in  another  ipiestion,  I   am    afraid   his  scheme   will   not 
receive  that  attention  which  it  deserves.      I    find   the  remarks  to  which   I  refer  -  those 
of  Mr.  Kdward  .\tkinson-  instead  of  beinj;  devoted  to  Mr.  Ilibbard's  plan  (of  which 
he  artecis  to  think  so  highly),  are  |)rinci|)all)  directed  to  the  grain  inter  -i'^  of  this  city, 
with  which  he   presumes  to  be  \ cry  familiar.      I  repel   hi.,  insinuations  .  .  nin.^;    that 
branch  of  business.      They  may  be  lieneath  notice,  but  I  will  for  this  oncc     eny  them. 
I   <lo  not    believe  llio.se  interests  advocate  a    lloo.^ac   Tunnel   line  inerel,  1. -cause  they 
may  be   benefitted    b)  it.      1    myself   am  ojiposed   to  advocating   nn"  improvements  at 
public  expense  for  the  benefit  of  anycl.iss  interest,  and  I  do  not  in     •    e  the  hreadsliif  > 
interests  of  this  city  are  so  exclusive  as  that  they  ;idvota  e  the  estaimshmetii  of  n,,  .-(her 
through  line  of  railwn;   solely   because  their   own  interests  may   be  advanr        thereby. 
The   grain  inerclu.r.t.-.  lo  not  certainly  ask  the   .StiHe  df  Massachussets  to  (i  ■  anything 
for  their  special  interest  in  this  buiUling  of  railroads.      When  busines.-  in  (;rain  cannot 
be  done  :     , :dvantaj;e  here,  it  can  be  done  in  New  \"otk  ;   Boston  merchants  have  done 
it  there  aii«l  can  do  it  there.     The  (|uesti<m  is.    Does   Massacluisselts  wish  ..^  lultivate 
certain  interests  and  build  up  her  commerce,  her  manufactures  and  liei  we.illh  ?     This 
is  the  (piestion,  nnd    I   will   venture  to  assert    there  is   not  a  man   in  the  whole  grain 
interest  in  this  city  who  does  not  entertain  a  more  liberal  opinion  o.i  i)ulilic  matters,  pai  ■ 
licularly  this  cpiestion,  than  the  gentleman  to  whose  remarks  I  am  referring,     lie  starts 
off  with  thestatenient  — and  as  his  rcmaiks  Were  written  and  1  presume 'he  printed  copy 
is  correct,  anil  I  (piote  from  it-"  The  merchants  shall  learn  that  the  .Statecannot  help 
those  who  cannot  hilp  themselves."    What  a  monstrous  doctrine  to  enunciate  I    If  tl.e 
acts  of  t  lovernmenl  were   guided    by  such   counsels   what  would  become  of  the   body 
politic?     \'ou  may  begin  with  the  (iovernment  of  a  town  and   go  up   to  the    National 
'iovernment,  and  when  or  wheredid   such  a  doctrine  ever   prevail?     What  would  be- 
come of  progress  or  civilization,  or  humanity  even,  under  such  a  siony  principle  ?    Are 
people  prepared  to  disavow  the  acts  of  (ioveriunent  — either  State  or  National—  w  Inch 
have  contriluitetl  to  the  advamement  of  niereantile  interests,  or  which  have  come  in  at 
critical  jieriods  to  aid  ('l;icago,  Louisiana  or  .Mill    River?     .Are  gentlemen  pre|iared  to 
follow  the  counsel  of  such  a  le.nler  ?     .\nd    yet  this  is  one  of  the  first  principles  to  be 
acknowledged,  according  to  this  gentleman,  before  a  grain  export    business  can  be 
est.iblishi'd  in    lioston.      I  hope  I  may  be  excused   for  dwelling  on  such  a  poin'..     The 
gentleman  says  a  new  set  of  interests  will   come  here  to  eslalilish  the  export   business. 
What  is  going  to    bring  them  here  ?      The  gentleman's   liberal  views  and  the  jirivilege 
of  going  to  work  at  once  to  buy  the  lloosac  runnel,  which  the  State  will  not  sell,  and 
build  railron<ls  ?     I   think   gentlemen  seeking   business  of   this  sort  will  lie  much  more 
likely  to  go  where  facilities  exist  already.      I    do  not  wish  to  say  anything  against  Mr. 
ilibbard's   plan,  but    i    might  say   the    lloos.ic   Tunnel    Railway,   if   carried   to    I.nke 
Ontario,  wheie  it  cmglit  to  go,  will  connect  us  with  tit'orgian  May,  which  is  th  aight  to 
Ix'  and  is  a  favorable  point.     The  gentleman  said   he  was  doing  sonieihing  himself  to 
"promote  the  b.isiness  of  this  |)orl,  without   State  aid,  by  promoting  the  organization 
of  the  'junction  railroad  '  to  earry  western  and  northwestern  trafhc  to  the  State  land  or 
South  Boston."     I  would  like  to  ask  him  if  he  has  not  desired  the  .Stale  to  do  anything 
in  this  work  in  connection  with   terminal   facilities,  and   further,   if  he  alludes  lo  the 
projected  road  from  Framingham  to  South  Boston,  in  which  he  was  formerly  a  director  ? 


10 


If  this  is  the  road  I  desire  to  ask  him  still  further  why  he  is  not  now  a  director  there  ? 
Then.s  ir,  the  gentleman  goes  on  to  eulogize  the  Hosion  and  Albany  Railroad  and  the 
New  York  Central  road,  and  states  that  /rain  is  now  brought  over  those  routes  at 
through  rates  per  mile  which  it  is  hopeless  for  any  line  of  nearly  equal  length  to  equal, 
etc.  Does  the  gentleman  suppose  when  he  utters  such  a  sentiment  that  anybody  will 
believe  him  ?  Does  he  suppose  that  the  roads  he  named,  with  all  their  "  watered 
stock,"  can  comjiete  on  the  contrary  with  a  line  of  equal  length  if  built  and  put  to 
work  at  cost  ?  lie  says  the  merchants  engaged  in  the  grain  business  have  faii  nl  to 
build  up  an  export  l^ade,  and  the  agents  of  the  Boston  and  Albany  Railroad  and  the 
Cunard  steamers  were  compelled  to  do  business  on  their  own  account.  This  statement 
is  not  true.  It  is  not  true,  sir.  When  the  Cunard  steamers  returned  to  this  port  three 
years  ago  the  agent  was  informed  by  merchants  here  that  they  would  ship  grain  at  fair 
rates  of  freight,  "  even  if  they  did  not  recen'e  one  cent  of  profit  from  the  hnsiness,"  and 
I  dare  the  gentleman  to  deny  it.  That  is  a  fact,  sir,  whatever  the  gentleman  may  say 
to  the  contrary  ;  and  they  did  shiji ;  they  did  what  they  said  they  would  do.  I  regret 
to  intrude  ui>on  you  in  this  way,  but  it  is  high  time  some  of  the  misstatements  which 
are  constantly  being  put  out  by  certain  parties  in  regard  to  certain  interests  here  should 
be  contradicted.  The  gentleman  says  these  interests  had  better  stop  making  speeches 
and  do  something.  For  my  own  part,  I  think  it  is  time  these  interests  said  something. 
They  have  been  quiet  too  long.  I  know  the  t;enlleman  is  not  much  given  to  speech- 
making,  but  I  venture  the  opinion  that  it  is  rather  because  of  the  c|uanlily  of  his  speeches 
than  their  epiality  that  so  few  replies  are  made  to  them.  I  am  in  sympathy  with 
Mr.  ilibbard's  plans,  and  I  wish  them  success.  But,  as  I  have  before  said,  I  doubt 
if  the  present  time  is  the  most  opportune  for  their  presentation. 

Mr.  George  F.  Stone 

said  that  he  had  occasion  to  be  in  St.  Albans  a  short  time  ago  and  made  inquiry  of 
Gov.  Smythe  about  this  road,  and  he  confirmed  everything  that  had  been  said  aliout 
it.  Their  engineer  had  been  sent  out  on  the  line  to  see  the  work  done  there,  and  he 
reported  that  the  hardest  part  of  the  work  had  been  done  between  the  St.  Lawrence 
river  and  Ottawa.     The  report  of  the  Committee  was  then  accepted, 

Mr   Hibbard 

then  addressed  the  Chair  and  said  : — 

Mr.  Chairman — The  cheerful  manner  in  which  the  gentlemen  composing  your 
Board  of  Trade-,  Commercial  Club,  and  specially  your  Transpcjrtalion  Conimillee,  have 
exerted  themselves  to  promote  (he  j^resentaiion  of  tiie  ei"','r!iiise  which  brought  me  to 
yf)ur  ciiy,  calls  for  the  warmest  thanks  ol  those  interested  with  me  in  seeking  to  con- 
nect the  Ottawa  region  with  y(>ur  ciiy  by  direct  rail.  For  myself,  sir,  I  fail  to  tind 
words  to  express  the  gratitude  which  their  kindness  to  a  stranger  coming  arnong  them 
as  I  did  im|)els  me  to  attempt  (jn  this  my  first  op|iortunily,  and  I  can  oidy  account  lor 
this  kindness  from  the  fact  that  the  object  of  my  visit  has  possessed  such  merit  in  their 
estimation  as  to  call  forth  this  kind  of  treatment.  To  your  Committee  in  particular, 
sir,  I  feel  under  deepest  obligations  for  their  sacrifice  of  time  from  their  private  busi- 
ness tt)  make  so  patient,  thorough  and  prompt  an  investigation  of  our  documents.  The 
opinion  which  they  have  exprer.sed  in  svriting  fully  covers  all  that  I  coukl  have  asked, 
aiul  must  carry  conviction  to  all.  It  so  completely  meets  all  the  points  desired  that  I 
need  hardly  make  further  connnent,  and  yet  you  will  panlon  me  for  saying  that  the 
s'lliject  assumes  vastly  more  importance  to  your  good  city  the  more  I  think  of  it.  Most 
gladly  would  I  take  your  merchants  and  citizens  with  me  on  a  tour  of  insjiection  to 
thoie  regions  of  material  wealth  lying  adjacent  to  our  capital,  Ottawa.  Days  might 
be  spent  in  the  attempt  to  gVasji  the  immensity  both  of  timber  and  mineral  riches,  and 
when,  exhausted,  they  return  to  their  city  homes,  it  would  be  but  to  lepeat  the  (Jueen 
of  Sheba's  report,  "  Behold  the  half  has  not  been  told  me.  "  I  trust,  Mr.  Chairman, 
this  report  of  your  committee  will  suflice  to  fasten  the  attention  of  this  comuumity  to 
the  importance  of  such  action  as  will  secure  the  object  in  view,  and  that  we  shall  soon 
be  aiile  to  report  that  this  eflbrt  has  not  been  in  vain. 

The  meeting  then  adjourned. 


II 


(Daily  Evening  Traveller^  Tuesday,  June  i6,  1874.) 


THE  GEORGIAN  BAY  RAILROAD  PROJECT. 


Yesterday  afternoon  a  meeting  of  the  merchants  and  citizens  was  held  at  the  Corn 
F.xrhan^e  to  hear  the  report  of  the  cninmittee  apijointed  to  invesiijjate  (he  jirojiosed 
railway  coniu'clioii  I'etween  the  port  of  Hosion  and  Lake  Superior  via  Olt;  v\ a  and 
(ieorgian  Hay.  Tht  meelinj;  was  caile'l  to  order  shortly  alter  three  o'clock,  John  H. 
Bartlett  occu|iyinj;  the  chair,  and  C.  C.  Collin  actinjj  as  secretary. 

Charles  \V.  Wilder,  in  behalf  of  the  committee,  submitted  the  followinj^  report  : 

The  undersit;ned  committee,  apixiinted  by  the  public  nieelin};  held  in  the  Corn  K,\- 
change  011  Thursday,  June  11,  1874,  to  examine  and  report  upi.n  the  projjosed  railway, 
presented  by  Mr.  llilibard,  connecting  with  Ottawa  and  lines  to  Ceorgian  Hay,  beg  to 
report  : 

First,  that  we  have  examined  the  documents,  charter  and  contract  jjresented  by 
Mr.  Hibbard,  and  find  them  well  planned,  wit'^  full  authority  for  cementing  the  line 
ol  rail  through  from  \'ermoi)t  connections  to  Ottawa. 

Second,  that  the  line  thus  proposed  is  one  of  great  importance  to  the  interests  of 
this  city,  and  the  small  amount  recjuired  from  Boston  to  secure  its  connection  with  our 
own  roads  forbids  either  indifference  or  delay  in  its  accomplishment. 

'Ihird,  that  the  advantages  to  be  derived  by  our  city  and  port  from  this  connection 
with  the  lakes  will  be  great  at  the  outset  and  beyond  present  calculation  on  completion 
of  the  line. 

Fourth,  that  the  financial  results  to  those  who  may  be  disposed  to  participate  in 
its  construction  are  ivromising  beyond  tlie  average  of  railway  entei  prises,  by  reason  of 
the  work  already  done,  and  the  liberal  subsidies  of  the  Canadian  goveriinienl  and 
municipalities  of  $500,000,  which  would  seem  to  r.nder  certain  its  early  completion. 

Fifth,  that  the  security  lor  the  moneys  invested  and  the  control  of  the  entire  line 
we  deem  amply  provided  for  in  the  plan  jiroposed  for  subscriptions. 

Sixth,  that  the  estimate  of  ct)si  presented    by  Charles    Legge,  I'lstp,  of  Montreal, 
'and  the  reports  of  W.  .S.  .Sned-.'n,  Ks(|.,  ol  New  Jersey,  and  I'.ilward  Appleton,  Kscp, 
of  Hosion,  civil  engineers,  substantially  concur  as  to  the  cost  of  construction. 

Respecil'uUy  submitted. 

ClIARI.KS    \V.  Wll.DKK, 

Wii.i.iAM   H.  Lincoln, 
Damki.  \V.  J'  11. 

Fdward  Kemble  moved  the  acceptance  ol  the  report.  lie  endorsed  ihf  plans  of 
Mr.  Ilibbanl.  In  rt'gard  to  the  remarks  of  I'ldward  Atkinson,  made  at  the  last  meet- 
ing, at  which  he  was  not  present,  he  wished  to  say  that  in  his  opinion  they  were  not 
called  for.  That  the  public  mind  was  at  all  apathetic  on  the  subject,  as  had  been  said, 
was  explained  in  the  fact  that  it  was  occujiied  by  another  sidgect  of  I'lpial  importance, 
and  showed  thai  it  was  believed  tin;  liinnel  line  would  not  be  a  failure.  The  speaker 
was  not  an  advocaii'  of  the  Iloosac  line,  but  was  opposed  to  the  adv,)cacy  of  any  line 
which  was  in  favor  of  only  one  interest.  Ciriain  remarks  of  Mr.  Atkinstjii  were  then 
(juoteil  and  nade  the  subject  (jf  comminl. 

(ieorge  I''.  Slo'ie  sectinded  the  motion  to  accept  the  report,  lie  said  that  while 
at  Si.  Alban's  recently  he  was  informed  by  (iovernor  Smith  that  Mr.  Ilibbard's  stale- 
ments  were  all  correct,  and  the  hardest  iiarl  of  thi    vork  had  been  done. 

The  repoit  was  then  accepted,  and  the  committee  discharged,  after  which  Mr. 
Ilibbard  expressed  his  thanks  for  the  promptitude  of  the  committee,  and  the  meeting 
was  adjourned. 


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(Bosion  Journal,   Tuesday  Morning,  Jttne  i6,  1874.) 


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BOSTON  TO  OTTAWA. 


Meeting    at    the    Corn    Exchange. 

A  meeting  of  merchants  an<l  citizens  was  hd.l  yesterday  afternoon  at  the  Corn 
Exchange  to  receive  the  report  of  ihe  committee  appointed  to  exanSl  e  .VrLosed 
railway  connecon  w.th  Ottawa  and  Cleo.ginn  Hay.  "(ohn  H.  HaXt.oo^the  dS 

i..B  repii  :  ""'  ''''■'"-''  '''''''''''^ '     "'"'•  ^"'^^''^  ^^'-  ^^'''<'-  P^^^^^nted  the  folioi 

V.A^^^  "n.ierMgned  committee,  appointed  by  the  public  meeting  held  in  the  Corn 
Exchange  on  TjluMsday,  n„e  n,  1874,  to  examine  anil  report  upon  the  proL  s ed  ra  " 
way,    presented   by  Mr^Ihbbard,  connecting  Ottawa  with  lines  to  cJorS     av    bel 

n?'',  ".'.'■' M  =  .r'n  ^'',''*'    T  '^^^•"^  ^•'<*'>'^""«'  "•'-'  'locut.ents,  char  er^an.l  c  mt'racS 
presented  by  Mr.  I  .bbard,  nn.ilmd  the.n  well  planne.i  with  full  author!  >  for  cnnec 
ng  the  In.e  of  rati   through    Iron,  Vern.ont  connections  to    Ottawa.     2nd    That  the 
hne  thus  pr.,posed  ,s  one  uf  great  importance  to  the  interests  of  this  ci  y,  an d  the  small 

S".  r"'"-  I  1""'  ""'""  '"  "^'^T  "^  '^"""^■^'-n  with  our  own  roa  I's  for,    s  d  he 
indiffcience  or  delay  in  iisaccomplishment.      ^r.l,  That  theadvint-i.-es  m  Iw/rl  ?;.,    11 
ou.   c.ty  and   port   from  this  co.'meCion  witl^l/e  lalWs  w  I  t^?  ^ra    tl^^^^^  ^ 

s  s'tjr';i:"e  wt;:"mrb"ii ""  t;"p'^"'?-^'-  "-  •--  i^  tiku  u.;rn 

I,™1  ,  r.  '"'•'"."'•V  "'^  '''•'i"«e.l  to  participate  in  its  construction  ar-  promisino 
Ird  u  '  n  T,\"  "^  "''^V.^V  *--'"<-''Pri.-  I'y  reason  of  the  work  already  .lon'e  an  he 
lilKr.d  Mibsi.hesof  the  Canadian  (government  and  the  muniripaliiies  of  $soo  000  wh  ch 
would  seem  to  render  ce  tain  its  early  compleli  ,n.  jth  That  tle^^yVur  ,e 
moneys  mvesed  and  the  control  ol  the  key  of  the  entire  line  we  dee,  an  ^.ro -id  1 
U  L.!*:'  '""  ''",'•""'  ^'^J'"'^"'!'"-'!^-  6.h,  That  theesti,na.es  o  a  m  res'  , 
by   U.ailes    I  egg     Esq.    of  Montreal  and  the  reports  of  W.  S.  Sne.len  of  xiw  |e  se 

Kes|)ectfully  submitted, 

ClIARI.KS   W.    Wll.DKK, 
VV.     II.     ElNCOI.N, 

Danii'i,  \V.   loll. 

Mr.  mbi^'i^mS;:;^::';,;:^^"  -^^  "^"'"^"'^  ••>•  ^'^-  ^'•-^<'  '-"""^  -•• 


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TRANSPORTATION. 


Report  of  the  Coiiiiiiittee  on  the  Proposed  Railroad  by 
Ottawa  and  Georgian  Bay. 


The  adjourned  meeting  of  Boston  merchants  lo  listen  to  a  report  of  the  committee 
appointed  last  Thursday,  lo  consider  the  projiosed  connection,  iiy  railway,  of  this  port 
and  Laiie  Suiierior,  via  Ottawa  and  the  (leoryian  Bay,  was  called  in  the  Corn  Ex- 
change, yesterday  afternoon,  shortly  after  3  o'chjck,  Mr.  I.  H.  Harllett  pre>iiling. 
Mr.  C.  C  Collin  was  chosen  secretary.  Mr.  Wilder,  in  behalf  of  the  cunimiiiec  on 
the  Transporiaiinn  (Question,  made  the  follov\ing  report  : 

The  undersigned  connnittee,  appointed  l)y  the  puhlic  meeting  held  in  the  Corn 
Exchange  on  Thursday,  J ime  11,  1874,  to  examme  and  report  upon  the  proposed 
railway,  presented  liy  Mr.  Hibhard,  connecting  with  Ottawa  and  lines  to  Ceorgian 
Bay,  beg  to  report  : 

First,  that  we  have  examined  the  documents,  charter  and  contract  presented  by 
Mr.  Hibbard,  and  hnd  ihem  well  planned,  with  full  authority  for  cementing  the  line 
ol  rail  through  from  Vermont  connections  to  Ottawa. 

.Second,  that  the  line  thus  proposed  is  one  of  great  importance  to  the  interests  of 
this  city,  and  the  small  amount  retiuired  from  Ho^ion  to  secure  its  connection  with  our 
own  roads  forbids  either  indifference  or  delay  in  its  acccimplishinenl. 

Third,  that  the  advantages  to  be  derived  by  our  city  and  port  from  this  connection 
with  the  lakes  will  be  great  at  the  outset  anil  beyond  [iresent  calculation  on  comiiletion 
of  the  line. 

Fourth,  that  the  linancial  results  to  those  who  may  be  disposed  to  iiarticijiate  in 
its  construction,  are  promising  beyond  the  average  of  railway  enterpri.-ies,  by  reason  ol 
the  work  already  done,  and  the  liberal  subsidies  of  the  Canadian  (lovernmcnt  and 
municipalities  of  $500,000,  which  would  seem   to  render  certain  its  early  comi)letion. 

Fifth,  that  the  security  for  the  moneys  invested  and  the  control  ol  the  entire  line 
we  deem  amply  provided  ft)r  in  the  plan  proposed  for  subscriptions. 

.Sixth,  that  the  eslimnte  of  cost  presented  by  Charles  Eegge,  Ks(|.,  of  Montreal, 
and  the  reports  of  W.  .S.  Sne<ien,  Fs(|.,  of  New  Jersey,  and  Edward  .Appleton,  Em|., 
of  Boston,  Civil  Engineers,  substantially  concur  as  to  the  cost  of  construction. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

Ckari.rs  W.  Wilder. 
Wii.iiAM  11.  Lincoln. 
Danikl  W.  Joii. 

Mr.  Edward  Kendile  movd  the  acceptance  tif  the  report,  saying  that  he  approved 
of  the  plans  of  Mr.  ilibbard,  1  .vished  lo  say  something  in  regard  to  Mr.  Edward 
Atkinson's  remarks  at  the  last  meeting,  at  which  he  himself  was  not  piesent.  lie 
considered  the  remarks  uncalled  (or.  That  the  public  mind  was  at  all  apathetic  on 
the  sidjject,  as  had  been  said,  was  explained  in  liie  fact  that  it  was  occupied  iiy 
another  subject  of  e<|ual  iuiporlance,  and  showed  (hat  it  was  believed  the  tunnel  line 
would  not  be  a  failure,  lie  (Mi.  Kemlile)  was  nut  devoted  to  Mr.  llibbard's  plan, 
l>ul  did  not  like  the  insinuations  against  tin-  giain  trade.  lie  was  not  an  advocate  of 
the  lloosac  line,  inil  was  opposed  to  the  advocacy  ol  any  line  which  was  in  lavor  of 
only  one  interest,     lie  then  made  some  extracts  from   Mr.   Atkinson's  speech,  and 


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har.les,  pL,  „f  ,he  wurl  1^1  been  .lone       "' '  '"'^'"""'^  "'^'^  =^"   '^°"^'^'.  -"''  'he 
was  adjourned.  "^^^  pnmiptuude  of  the  commiltee,  and   the  n.eeting 


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•he  vXsf,  l^wt'^f  a;Ci''SJ"''  «  '-estigale  in  regard  ,0  ,he  new  route.  ,0 
to  the  project     ^  '  ^'°'S'""  ^'^y*  '^^l^"''^^'''  y«-'sterday  afternoon  favorably 


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way  If  (El    "1   r"''''  R  *'""'  ^"'^"'^^  '"  '^'^""^•^f  I^-'^lon  with  the  west  hv 

advantages  promised  are  wel  worn^  Jh'  ■■"  •  "  '^"^'"".'"^y  l'^-  "^Pee'Iily  secured.  The 
directly  "Jo  tie  c^^^'ier  iarcl'^u'^^^  ^^TZ  be"ohc"  r '""'^'  ''^  "^^^  "•'''•^•^' 
tion  with  the  western  grain  fiel.is   and  wi     '.,?hi    i  '^    """i'^  '■"  "'^^'^^  cummunica- 

this  roa.i.     The  cost  ^    TrnnsnoVM?    n^^^^ -^^^^^  ''"'f  "■e'^f'^ns  with  Canada  by 

be  oDoned  t„  ,         Tk        .O^nnsportat  on    wdl  be  lessened    and    a    large,    market   will 

e^cXr'iiv:  mem'!":;;:;7^Se;:r"R'?'^"r'-"'^"'  'Y  "^ "- "'■  i.;;;!! 

railroa,ls  that  have  Imilt  u  ,  ,  h^c  ie  V  f "  h"  "'  .'"T'"'  '."""""-^  "^  "'""^y  '" 
own  account  in  a  ron.  L'a  ily  .bsk  iS  ,,v X'rn"  "r"""'  '"  "'"^  -mething  on  her 
seniations  made  by  \fr    IlHar     wer'    'e^  Canadian  government.     The  repre- 

chants    nfier  nr,.rMl   >      """.?"'  ^'^''^  "^''1  tempting  ,  a  committee  of  intelligent  mer- 

an.!  encourage  ^a  K  oth  ■  y  s'^Xs  l^nr^.h  "''  \^T  '^•''"  "^  "^"'^  '"^^""K'' 
willing  to  intest  it  where  iwlThdo  bn^,^  .'^  ^^l  ^''^''  '"""'^^y  '"  '"^^st  are 
may  be  lost.  '    ^""'   ^''''""  ^"''   themselves,  the  opportunity 


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(Evening  Transcript,  Tuesday,  June  i6,  18^4.) 


The  Proposed  Georgian   Bay   Route  to 

the  West. 


A  company  of  {jentlemen,  interested  in  the  proposed  route  to  the  West  by  way  of 
Ottawa  and  Cicorj^'ian  B;iy,  met  in  Corn  Exchaiif^o  Hnli  yesterday  afternoon  to  hear 
the  report  of  the  cdinmittee  appointed  at  the  nieetinj;  tield  last  week.  Mr.  Jolin  H. 
Hartlelt  [iresidod,  and  Mr.  (.".  C.  Coftin  was  chosen  .Secretary.  Mr.  Charles  \V. 
Wilder  presented  the  following  rei)iirt  : 

The  undersigned  coniniitice,  ajipninted  by  the  public  meeting  held  in  the  Corn 
Kxchan(^e  iin  Monday,  the  iiihof  June,  to  examine  and  report  upon  the  jiroi'osed 
railway  [ire.sented  tiy  Mr.  llibbard,  connecting  with  Ottawa  and  Georgian  Hay,  beg 
leave  to  report- 
First — That  we  have  examined  the  documents,  chirter  and  contract  presented  by 
Mr.  IIil)i)ard,  and  tind  them  well  planned,  with  full  autliorily  for  cementing  the  line 
of  rail  through  froni  X'ermoni  connections  to  ()ttawa. 

Second  —That  tiii'  line  thu;-  proposed  is  one  of  great  importance  to  the  interest  of 
this  city,  and  tiie  small  amount  required  (^rom  Hoslon  to  secure  its  connection  with  our 
own  roads,  forbids  either  indifference  or  delay  in  its  accomplishment. 

Tliird — That  the  advantages  to  be  derived  by  our  city  and  port  from  lliis  con- 
nection with  the  lakes  will  be  great  at  the  outset  and  beyond  present  calculation  on 
the  completion  of  the  line. 

Fourth — -That  the  linancial  results  to  those  who  may  be  disposed  to  particijiate 
in  its  construction  are  promising  i)eyond  the  majority  of  railway  enterprises  by  reason 
of  the  work  already  done  and  the  liberal  subsidies  of  the  Can;ulian  '"lovernment  and 
various  numicipalities  of  $500,000,  which  would  seem  to  render  certain  its  early  com- 
pletion. 

Filth — That  the  securities  for  the  moneys  invested  and  the  control  of  the  key  to 
the  entire  line,  we  deem  amply  provided  for  in  the  plan  proposed  fcu'  subscriplions. 

Sixth  -That  the  estimates  of  cost  presented  by  Charles  I-egge  of  Mf)ntrea!,  and 
the  report  of  W.  ,S.  Sneden,  of  New  jersey,  and  lildwaid  Appleton,  of  Boston,  Civil 
Engineers,  substantially  concur  as  to  the  cost  of  construction. 

Respectfully  submitted. 

Ciiari.es  W.  Wilder. 
W.   L.   Lincoln. 
Damki,  W.   I<in. 

The  Report  was  accepte<l. 

Mr.  lOdward  Kemlile  made  a  siiorl  speech,  in  which  lie  favored  Mr.  llibbard's 
project,  but  took  occasion  cliielly  to  criticise  Mr.  Kdward  Atkinson,  for  certain  state- 
ments made  by  him  at  the  previous  meeting. 

Mr,  Stone  said  that  having  occasion  to  visit  -St.  .\lbans  a  short  time  ago  he  had 
in<iuired  ol  t'lovernor  Smith  in  reg.ud  lo  the  road,  anil  he  ii.id  coiilirmed  all  the  favor- 
able statements  that  had  beiii  m.nle,  that  the  wiir.--l  part  ol  the  work  had  been  com- 
pleted between  the  .Si.  l.uvrence  River  and  Ottawa,  and  llial  Mr.  1  libbard's  plans 
were  correct  and  trustworthy. 

Mr.  llibbard  in  a  (ew  words  expressed  his  thanks  to  the  Commercial  Club  and 
Board  of  Trade,  and  especially  lo  the  tlommittee,  and  the  meeting  then  adjourned. 


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